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The
main thrust of the Metabolism Training Program at Case Western Reserve
University (CWRU) is to train researchers in clinical research. It
also focuses on increasing the number of academic scientists who become
experts in modern metabolic research. This program is a broad-based
and interdisciplinary training process involving all phases of metabolism
for graduate students in the Ph.D. and M.D./Ph.D. programs, for postdoctoral
fellows and for fellows in clinical medicine holding M.D. degrees.
This program which is supported by a grant from the National
Institutes of Health, currently
has funded positions for both pre-doctoral and post-doctoral
trainees. However,
the core training program is not predicated on a fixed balance among
the three different paths of entry (M.D., M.D.-Ph.D., or D. Sc.'s).
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Training
is provided by faculty members (see Training
Faculty) whose interests are about evenly
divided between basic science and clinical research. They are
engaged in investigations ranging from subcellular studies of
metabolic regulation and control of gene expression to studies
in humans. The training faculty have well established, grant
supported research programs.
The program encourages an eclectic mix of approaches to metabolic
research which integrates more traditional aspects of basic
and clinical studies of metabolism with eukaryotic molecular
biology and genetics of metabolic diseases
The prime criteria for acceptance of potential trainees
to the program is their stated desire to pursue an academic
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